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SudharshanRavichandran

Hi all,

I am from chennai and this is my first post in this site and i hope this will get me going along with your help.
I have newly subscribed for the 400 kbps plan UNLIMITED plan from Reliance Broadband.
I have chosen the Quarterly Payment Plan (for 400 kbps, Rs. 3,347, 3 months).
I just need to know how the plan is? Download speeds? Especially, coz i am fond of downloading data using torrents.

Your information is highly valuable.

Thanks,
Sudharshan R

cool_techie_tvm

What are your current download speeds? Ideally your speeds should waver within 50 kBps.

taurius1

I get speeds between 45~50 kb/s

cool_techie_tvm

It should be kBps not kbps.

taurius1

I say it like i see it. ^^

cool_techie_tvm

And u should be seeing speeds in kBps while downloading. Not in kbps.

taurius1

Ah then pardon me. I never really paid attention. When you're on an unlimted connection, you tend to not worry about the details as long as the files arrive in due course of time. :P

SudharshanRavichandran

Can anyone tell me about the connectivity, speed, and other issues if any in chennai areas? pls.

fornls

Sudarshan R,

You made a good choice by taking Reliance Broadband. I do not know if you are taking Wimax or Wired Broadband. I think both are good. I took the Wimax route.

Personally I am using this and very much satisfied with this. I have taken connection some time back when it was 300kbps speed. I always had this speed on average.

Only on rare occasions when the optical fibers got cut in the Middle East did face any discomfort. But it was not too much considering I hardly remember how many days it was. The customer care is always there. You can call them (though it will appear difficult to make them understand at first still), they are very friendly and if you ask anything then they will definitely take time to explain the reasons.

There are certain things in using Wimax that places burden on the part of the user using it. There is no problem with speed. The connectivity is always good except when you switch on the power to the PoE (power over ethernet) device that they give with the connection. Here patience plays, because it takes time for our modem to get an IP address from the DHCP server from Reliance.

I talked a friend using Airtel Broadband and he told even in wired broadband, the power up initially takes little time to get IP address.

If this is understood practically, you will enjoy this connection even though it is a little costlier (100-200/-) compared to others (like I am already doing)

Thanks,
fornls.

SudharshanRavichandran

@ fornls,

Thats really kind of you.

Yes i already have got the connection. 2 technicians (not from reliance but they are reliance franchise i believe) came for the installation, installed the WIMAX dish on the roof (similar to the ones we install for Airtel digital tv, tata sky, dish tv, etc., but diff in shape), checked the connection strength (it is 25 in my case - they told me that 30 is the max strength and 8 is the min to get a connection), they also added that it is really good that i get 25, the wimax tower is placed in Chrompet MEPZ, ~ 7 kms from where i stay actually.

As you have said, initial booting requires determination of IP address and it takes sometime, 3-4 mins in my case. (But prior i used SIFY and Hathway - where it is always ready to use. SIFY is really good and Hathway i had worst expereiences).

But the connection is really good. I have taken 400 kbps - quarterly plan (3,367 rs for 3 months including ainstallation and all). It always connects around 200+ kbps and the download speed is almost 40+ kBps.

Since i am heavy downloader (using torrents), i really needed sppeds like this.

So far Reliance is good considering only that defined bad fact (initial connection).

Rest is all fine with reliance.

Thanks,
Sudharshan R